Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1890 — A TRIBUTE TO SHERMAN. [ARTICLE]

A TRIBUTE TO SHERMAN.

Gen. Sherman attended a performance of the military, drama, “Shenandoah.-” at New York, Saturday night. He occupied a lbox. The occupants of the souts soon learned of tho presence of tho General and divided their attention botween him and the stage, watching closely the effects of the play on him. After the Sheridan's Ride scene, upon which the curtain falls the audience broke out into loud applause and before it ended loud cries came from all over the house for “Shormau, Sherin.ui.’’ The hero of Atlanta rose to his foot placed his hand upon his breast and made a profound military bow. The cries and knot h C "" U '‘ ,U : U U “ d Whernmn I kept bowing and siiiiliag and shaking his then rilT, U, ‘‘ U ‘ U,I, ' ,UV ’ Unii ««« then did the applause stop. The scene was a splendid tribute to the man who cT^itir" 1 ' !U ‘ d SlK ' ri,J;i,) ’ ahures L credit of saving tho Union.